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a_o fruitful_a root_n and_o make_v all_o the_o branch_n that_o live_v in_o he_o so_o too_o joh._n 15._o 8._o ten_o and_o last_o it_o be_v a_o enrich_a union_n for_o by_o our_o 10._o 10._o union_n with_o his_o person_n we_o be_v immediate_o interest_v in_o all_o his_o riches_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 30._o how_o rich_a and_o great_a a_o person_n do_v the_o little_a arm_n of_o faith_n clasp_v and_o embrace_v all_o be_v you_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 22._o all_o that_o christ_n have_v become_v we_o either_o by_o communication_n to_o we_o or_o improvement_n for_o we_o his_o father_n joh._n 20._o 17._o his_o promise_n 2_o cor._n 1._o 20._o his_o providence_n rom._n 8._o 28._o his_o glory_n joh._n 17._o 24._o its_o all_o we_o by_o virtue_n of_o our_o union_n with_o he_o thus_o you_o see_v brief_o what_o the_o mystical_a union_n be_v next_o we_o shall_v improve_v it_o inference_n 1._o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o union_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o believer_n oh_o then_o what_o transcendent_a dignity_n have_v 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